Top 20 Retail Stocks With Bullish Options Sentiment

Black Friday is around the corner, and we're wondering which retail stocks have the largest number of open call option contracts relative to put option contracts (i.e. bullish options market sentiment)

Options traders seem to think there's some near-term upside to some of these names. What do you think? Full details below.

Options data sourced from Schaeffer's, short float and performance data sourced from Finviz.

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1. Chico's FAS Inc. (NYSE:CHS): Apparel Stores Industry. Market cap of $2.04B. Call open interest at 67,685 contracts vs. put open interest at 8,745 contracts (Put/Call ratio at 0.13). Short float at 5.96%, which implies a short ratio of 2.43 days. The stock has lost -19.41% over the last year.

2. Charming Shoppes Inc. (NASDAQ:CHRS): Apparel Stores Industry. Market cap of $426.05M. Call open interest at 1,067 contracts vs. put open interest at 197 contracts (Put/Call ratio at 0.18). Short float at 3.94%, which implies a short ratio of 3.4 days. The stock has lost -23.76% over the last year.

3. Titan Machinery, Inc. (NASDAQ:TITN): Specialty Retail Industry. Market cap of $406.44M. Call open interest at 2,059 contracts vs. put open interest at 562 contracts (Put/Call ratio at 0.27). Short float at 14.93%, which implies a short ratio of 9.48 days. The stock has gained 101.5% over the last year.

4. BJ's Wholesale Club Inc. (NYSE:BJ): Discount Variety Stores Industry. Market cap of $2.57B. Call open interest at 28,285 contracts vs. put open interest at 7,808 contracts (Put/Call ratio at 0.28). Short float at 4.34%, which implies a short ratio of 2.63 days. The stock has gained 35.01% over the last year.

5. Signet Jewelers Limited (NYSE:SIG): Jewelry Stores Industry. Market cap of $3.21B. Call open interest at 1,481 contracts vs. put open interest at 427 contracts (Put/Call ratio at 0.29). Short float at 2.7%, which implies a short ratio of 4.52 days. The stock has gained 38.9% over the last year.

6. Finish Line Inc. (NASDAQ:FINL): Apparel Stores Industry. Market cap of $961.89M. Call open interest at 4,884 contracts vs. put open interest at 1,493 contracts (Put/Call ratio at 0.31). Short float at 11.78%, which implies a short ratio of 5.63 days. The stock has gained 92.53% over the last year.

7. IAC/InterActiveCorp. (NASDAQ:IACI): Catalog & Mail Order Industry. Market cap of $2.8B. Call open interest at 11,831 contracts vs. put open interest at 4,184 contracts (Put/Call ratio at 0.35). Short float at 5.99%, which implies a short ratio of 4.48 days. The stock has gained 43.95% over the last year.

8. OfficeMax Inc. (NYSE:OMX): Specialty Retail Industry. Market cap of $1.43B. Call open interest at 20,582 contracts vs. put open interest at 7,498 contracts (Put/Call ratio at 0.36). Short float at 10.53%, which implies a short ratio of 4.09 days. The stock has gained 48.45% over the last year.

9. Cabela's Inc. (NYSE:CAB): Sporting Goods Stores Industry. Market cap of $1.49B. Call open interest at 1,429 contracts vs. put open interest at 643 contracts (Put/Call ratio at 0.45). Short float at 22.01%, which implies a short ratio of 21.77 days. The stock has gained 70.82% over the last year.

10. Dollar Tree, Inc. (NASDAQ:DLTR): Discount Variety Stores Industry. Market cap of $6.86B. Call open interest at 19,983 contracts vs. put open interest at 9,018 contracts (Put/Call ratio at 0.45). Short float at 4.78%, which implies a short ratio of 4.21 days. The stock has gained 68.06% over the last year.

11. Office Depot, Inc. (NASDAQ:ODP): Specialty Retail Industry. Market cap of $1.29B. Call open interest at 29,591 contracts vs. put open interest at 13,574 contracts (Put/Call ratio at 0.46). Short float at 6.97%, which implies a short ratio of 2.83 days. The stock has lost -27.04% over the last year.

12. The Children's Place Retail Stores, Inc. (NASDAQ:PLCE): Apparel Stores Industry. Market cap of $1.32B. Call open interest at 16,318 contracts vs. put open interest at 7,534 contracts (Put/Call ratio at 0.46). Short float at 20.32%, which implies a short ratio of 5.08 days. The stock has gained 44.79% over the last year.

13. The Talbots Inc. (NYSE:TLB): Apparel Stores Industry. Market cap of $780.4M. Call open interest at 45,972 contracts vs. put open interest at 21,358 contracts (Put/Call ratio at 0.46). Short float at 28.16%, which implies a short ratio of 6.35 days. The stock has gained 67.02% over the last year.

14. Jones Apparel Group, Inc. (NYSE:JNY): Apparel Stores Industry. Market cap of $1.22B. Call open interest at 10,110 contracts vs. put open interest at 4,766 contracts (Put/Call ratio at 0.47). Short float at 3.94%, which implies a short ratio of 1.74 days. The stock has lost -20.31% over the last year.

15. Sotheby's (NYSE:BID): Specialty Retail Industry. Market cap of $2.82B. Call open interest at 11,110 contracts vs. put open interest at 5,276 contracts (Put/Call ratio at 0.47). Short float at 7.97%, which implies a short ratio of 4.68 days. The stock has gained 114.68% over the last year.

16. Dick's Sporting Goods Inc. (NYSE:DKS): Sporting Goods Stores Industry. Market cap of $4.0B. Call open interest at 10,060 contracts vs. put open interest at 4,845 contracts (Put/Call ratio at 0.48). Short float at 10.3%, which implies a short ratio of 7.39 days. The stock has gained 59.78% over the last year.

17. 99c Stores (NYSE:NDN): Discount Variety Stores Industry. Market cap of $1.12B. Call open interest at 1,035 contracts vs. put open interest at 516 contracts (Put/Call ratio at 0.5). Short float at 8.88%, which implies a short ratio of 5.35 days. The stock has gained 27.15% over the last year.

18. Family Dollar Stores Inc. (NYSE:FDO): Discount Variety Stores Industry. Market cap of $6.2B. Call open interest at 30,072 contracts vs. put open interest at 16,630 contracts (Put/Call ratio at 0.55). Short float at 5.8%, which implies a short ratio of 2.89 days. The stock has gained 64.75% over the last year.

19. hhgregg, Inc. (NYSE:HGG): Electronics Stores Industry. Market cap of $949.19M. Call open interest at 3,010 contracts vs. put open interest at 1,738 contracts (Put/Call ratio at 0.58). Short float at 29.14%, which implies a short ratio of 16.13 days. The stock has gained 28.02% over the last year.

20. HSN, Inc. (NASDAQ:HSNI): Catalog & Mail Order Industry. Market cap of $1.64B. Call open interest at 4,537 contracts vs. put open interest at 2,659 contracts (Put/Call ratio at 0.59). Short float at 10.94%, which implies a short ratio of 8.17 days. The stock has gained 52.09% over the last year.

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